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Call Limestone Prison Warden Christopher Gordy 256-233-4600 Call Commissioner Jeff Dunn & Ass Comm Grant Culliver 334-353-3883 webmaster@doc.alabama.gov Call Gov Robert Bentley 334-242-7100 Call Department of Justice 205-244-2001ussaln. civilrights@usdoj.gov Say this, "I am calling to demand that you release Robert Early Council from solitary confinement and move him out of Limestone Correctional Facility immediately. He was brutally beaten on December 2nd and continues to fear for his life." Read about Kinetik's work here http://freealabamamovement.com/ **Attention Confined Citizen Alert** Last Friday December 2, 2016 Free Alabama Movement Robert Earl Council "Kinetik Justice" was brutally attacked, while handcuffed, by two officers Dozier and Shoulders at Limestone Correctional Facility while being escorted to the shower. He was pushed to the floor by one officer and was physically attacked while handcuffed on the floor. Afterwards the second officer pulled the first officer off and sprayed Kinetik Justice with mace and returned him to his cell. It is not known as of this date if medical treatment was administered for his injuries. These type of attacks are a violation of Prisoner Rights according to the 8th Amendment under Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

In addition to appealing this latest parole denial, Jalil has also submitted a request to Governor Cuomo for commutation of sentence to time served. Tweet the following message to Governor Cuomo: @NYGovCuomo I add my voice to demand: Commutation of sentence for Anthony Jalil Bottom #77A4283 NOW! #clemency4jalil Ask your friends, family, co-workers, church members, classmates or union members, to support this campaign! United our voices can make freedom happen! If you don’t tweet, call the governor at: 1-518-474-8390 or write the governor at: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Since Jalil is on some kind of mailwatch, he needs to receive as many letters and cards as possible. Write to Jalil: Anthony Jalil Bottom #77A4283 Attica Correctional Facility P.O. Box 149 Attica, New York 14011-0149

On Thursday police said that murders in Chicago, Illinois have already topped 700 for 2016, giving the third largest U.S. city its highest rate in nearly two decades. According to the Chicago Police Department, there were 77 murders in the month of November, bringing the number of murders this year to 701. According to data from the respective police forces, the number of murders in Chicago exceeds those in Los Angeles and New York combined, despite the fact that both of their populations greatly outnumber the windy city's. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/d... http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- A sit-in protest was organized Friday morning in solidarity with two Palestinian prisoners from the Qalandiya refugee camp in the central occupied West Bank, just as the prisoners’ administrative detention orders were confirmed by Jerusalem’s central court.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Lawmakers and advocates for people in prison on Tuesday are bringing a replica of a solitary confinement cell to the State Capitol as they call for reform legislation. Their point is that solitary confinement can worsen or even cause mental illness, and that prolonged isolation is considered a form of torture.

Editor’s note: Phillip A. Bassett‘s new book, Soldier of Truth, is about the author’s eyewitness account of the persecution of Rev. Edward Pinkney for his leadership in a fight against the takeover of a town by a corporate giant. Purchase the book on amazon.com.

Political Prisoner Seth Hayes Needs Us Again! PLEASE CALL, WRITE AND FAX MON. THRU FRI., DEC 12 THRU 16! Seth has been suffering from uncontrolled diabetes for over 15 years now. His sugars go up to the 400’s, then down so low he falls into a diabetic coma. He has had 3 such code blue diabetic comas in the past 2 months. Each diabetic coma he goes into could end in death if not noticed and treated right away. We are asking that Seth be given an insulin pump/sugar monitor immediately to avert these near fatal incidents. He was seen by an outside Endocrinologist in early October. The endocrinologist recommended he be issued the device. The NYS DOCCS is aware of the situation and is moving in the right direction but it is not fast enough; we cannot afford to have another incident of low sugar. Here is the grievance Seth wrote due to the long delay in approval of the insulin pump/sugar monitor:

Activists and supporters worldwide mark December 9 on our calendars every year as the anniversary of the state’s 1981 attempted assassination of Mumia Abu-Jamal on the streets of Philadelphia, but this year is different. Mumia faces deteriorating health with his untreated hepatitis C infection and a further risk from the black, oily water being piped into SCI Mahanoy — unfit to drink, unfit to bathe in. Prisoners are given three small cups of water at each meal and no clean water to bathe in. These tactics amount to “death by neglect.”

This landmark documentary marks the 50th anniversary of the charity Shelter with a compelling and emotional insight into the impact of homelessness on families and individuals over the past half-century.

via CCWP Below are links to two articles regarding the most recent, highly disturbing suicide at CIW. Please note that CCWP thinks it is important to circulate these articles even though reporters have included details about conviction history as well as other descriptions that CCWP does not consider relevant to the fact that once again a woman has died at CIW as a result of the state's racist violence and neglect. http://www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20161130/inmate-death-at-chino-womens-prison-highlights-concern-over-suicide-mental-health-services Inmate death at Chino women’s prison highlights concern over suicide, mental health services By Beatriz Valenzuela, San Bernardino Sun Posted: 11/30/16 CHINO A San Pedro woman who pleaded no contest to fatally stabbing her 10-year-old daughter was found dead in the California Institution for Women, and inmate activists who say Bong Sook Chavez committed suicide are questioning why the woman didn’t receive the help she needed.

I rolled my eyes when told to follow up on a recent magazine series about Pam Smart.Nothing to see here, I figured. Old news, from a story no one wanted to talk about anymore.I was wrong.Colorful Concord defense attorney Mark Sisti, who defende

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